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Yu Yuphoria to go on open sale next week

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The Yu Yuphoria smartphone, which was launched in India back in May this year and is currently an Amazon exclusive, will go on open sale next week from July 21 to July 23.<br />

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The company, which is a Micromax subsidiary, also revealed that more 
than 100,000 'Made in India' units of the handset will be available for 
purchase in the sale.<br />

Specs-wise, the Yuphoria is powered by a quad-core 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm 
Snapdragon 410 SoC, and sports a 5-inch 720p Gorilla Glass 3 display. It
 comes with 2GB of RAM and 16 GB built-in storage, features 8MP rear- 
and 5MP front camera, and packs in a 2230 mAh battery. The INR 6,999 
($110) handset recently received the Cyanogen OS 12.1 update.</div>

Yu Yuphoria to go on open sale next week

The Yu Yuphoria smartphone, which was launched in India back in May this year and is currently an Amazon exclusive, will go on open sale next week from July 21 to July 23. The company, which is a Mic…

18 Jul 2015

Asus ZenPad S 8.0 is now available to buy in the US for $199.99

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One of the many ZenPad tablets Asus made official at an event last month is now up for purchase in the US. It's the ZenPad S 8.0.<br />

It can be had at Best Buy
 for a very reasonable $199.99. As its name implies, for that amount of 
cash you get an 8-inch touchscreen, in this case with 2,048x1,536 
resolution.<br />

There's also a 5 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front snapper, 2GB of RAM, 
and 32GB of internal storage. The tablet is powered by Intel's Atom 
Z3560 chipset, which comes with a 1.83 GHz quad-core CPU. It runs 
Android 5.1 Lollipop, and it's Wi-Fi-only - no mobile data connectivity 
here.<br />

Interestingly, Best Buy says it's selling the Z580C model of the Asus ZenPad S 8.0, but the specs it lists are actually those for one iteration of the Z580CA. We assume Asus' naming conventions have managed to confuse even this well known retailer.</div>

Asus ZenPad S 8.0 is now available to buy in the US for $199.99

One of the many ZenPad tablets Asus made official at an event last month is now up for purchase in the US. It's the ZenPad S 8.0. It can be had at Best Buy for a very reasonable $199.99. As its name…

11 Jul 2015

Vivaldi The Power User’s New Favorite Browser

<strong>Do we <em>really</em> need a new web browser?</strong><br />

It’s nothing like the bad old days of the late 1990s, where the only 
choice was between Internet Explorer and Netscape, which at that point 
was circling the drain. Now, we have <em>options</em>. But that’s still not enough for some.<br />

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Meet Vivaldi; a beautiful new web browser aimed at power-users, built by the co-founder of Opera, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner.<br />
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Vivaldi builds upon Blink – the rendering agent that powers Google 
Chrome – and adds in extra features that aim to satisfy even the most 
demanding of users. But is it any good?<br />
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First Impressions</h2>
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Vivaldi is available as a free download
 for Windows, Linux and Mac. For the purposes of this review, I tested 
it on OS X Yosemite. Perhaps one of the first things you’ll notice when 
you load it for the first time is how they’ve borrowed much of their 
design inspiration from <em>nouveau-Apple</em>. Vivaldi uses a simple, gradient-free pastel color scheme, and a flat design. So far, so iOS7.<br />

But to dismiss it as a cynical attempt to repackage Chrome for the iPhone crowd is to miss the point <strong>entirely</strong>. Vivaldi is an entirely different product, with an entirely different feature-set, and a unique design philosophy.<br />

There are things that are done uniformly across browsers that Vivaldi
 does differently. A great example is bookmarks. Rather than having them
 stored in a drop-down that clumsily cascades vertically, bookmarks are 
elegantly stored in a sidebar that’s easy to manage and doesn’toverwhelm
 the user.<br />

The sidebar is more than just bookmarks though. It’s also where you 
can manage your downloads, save your contacts and make notes. Vivaldi 
Technologies also intend to integrate their email product into the 
sidebar. Presently, though, it’s only available through their web 
client.<br />

<strong>Vivaldi Technologies is mostly ex-Opera folks and 
unsurprisingly borrows a lot of inspiration from old-school Opera, 
including a like-for-like copy of Opera’s Speed Dial, where websites are
 tightly “pinned” in a 3×3, 6×6, or 9×9 arrangement.</strong><br />

One of the core design philosophies of Vivaldi is that the user 
should never have to leave the browser to do something. We see that with
 the Sublime Text 2 inspired command palette, which allows you to access
 all functionality of the browser without leaving where you are.<br />

It all sounds really promising, but is it mature enough to switch to right now?<br />
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Should You Use It?</h2>
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This is the key question. A browser is only as good as its web page 
rendering. But thankfully, Vivaldi packs in the open-source Presto 
rendering engine. This powers both Chrome and Opera, and features most 
of the newer features of HTML5, whilst adhering to the web standards 
established by the W3C.<br />

As a result, it performs well in the Acid3 Test, and the ECMAScript 
Test262, which tests how much JavaScript functionality it packs in.<br />

<strong>Consequently, it’s just as good as Chrome when it comes to 
browsing, and is a stable, speedy browser that can handle even the most 
multimedia-rich of sites.</strong><br />

Although, it’s betrayed by the lack of what some might consider to be
 essential features, including third party extensions. With that said, 
Vivaldi is still a young product, and one with profound ambitions. This 
is what it hopes to accomplish in the months to come.<br />
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The Future Of Vivaldi</h2>
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A lot of the upcoming features of Vivaldi have a decidedly <em>“me too”</em> feel to them and are seen elsewhere in other, much more popular browsers. <strong>They’ve got plans to introduce a synchronization feature, where bookmarks and history are shared across devices, <em>a la Google Chrome</em>.</strong><br />

They’re also planning to introduce an integrated mail client — which 
is something Opera had back in the 00s before it was spun off as a 
separate application.<br />

Vivaldi plans to also support spatial navigation, where users will be
 able to traverse webpages by only using their keyboard. This is 
somewhat novel, and has only ever really found its way to Opera and a 
custom build of Firefox. <strong>As you can probably tell, they want to keep your focus in the browser, and nowhere else.</strong><br />

<strong>The devil will, of course, be in the details.</strong><br />

Vivaldi have stated how they intend to add these features using 
modern web technologies, such as Node.js and react.js. This is likely to
 please developers, but what does it mean for consumers? They’re certain
 that it will result in a vastly increased supply of extensions that 
work faster and better, and ultimately offer a better experience than 
older browsers ever could.<br />

At this point, you could be forgiven for drawing parallels between the <strong>Opera</strong> browser of yesteryear. Back then, <strong>Opera</strong> was famed for having everything — including the kitchen sink. When they decided to strip most of that out in <strong>Opera 15</strong>,
 it caused outrage. Users who had stuck with Opera through thick and 
thin felt betrayed, as the Norwegian web firm ditched its traditional 
power users in favor of a product with a more mass market feel.<br />
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Vivaldi The Power User’s New Favorite Browser

Do we really need a new web browser? It’s nothing like the bad old days of the late 1990s, where the only choice was between Internet Explorer and Netscape, which at that point was circling the dra…

11 Jul 2015

Apple iOS 9 public beta is now available for everyone

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Apple made a public beta of iOS 9
 available for everyone who’s interested to try it out. All users need 
to do is join the Apple Beta Software Program with their Apple ID.<br />

The iOS 9 public beta is a more polished release than the versions 
that were available only for developers over the last month. Yesterday, 
Apple released iOS 9 beta 3 to registered developers.<br />

Apple iOS 9 packs a number of new features and improvements over its 
predecessor. They include more capable Siri, split-screen multitasking 
on iPad, and under-the-hood upgrades among others.<br />

If you are interested in trying out the new iOS 9 in beta guise, head
 over to the source link to get started. Be aware that the firmware is 
not finished, so occasional bugs are more than likely.</div>

Apple iOS 9 public beta is now available for everyone

Apple made a public beta of iOS 9 available for everyone who’s interested to try it out. All users need to do is join the Apple Beta Software Program with their Apple ID. The iOS 9 public beta is…

10 Jul 2015

Apple is gearing up for a record iPhone 6s launch

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It looks like Apple is gearing up for a record-shattering launch of the iPhone 6s family. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reports that the Cupertino giant has ordered 85-90 million units from its suppliers.<br />

Apple suppliers will manufacture the above mentioned eye-popping 
number of devices by the end of this year. The iPhone 6s family, just 
like the lineup it is bound to replace, will feature variants with 4.7” 
and 5.5” display.<br />

The successor of iPhone 6 is rumored to feature the exact same design language. In addition to a more powerful chipset with faster LTE chip, iPhone 6s is also expected to pack a display with Force Touch, and 12MP camera with 4K video capture.<br />

Apple will unveil the next iPhone in September. The rumor mill points at a September 18 retail launch.</div>

Apple is gearing up for a record iPhone 6s launch

It looks like Apple is gearing up for a record-shattering launch of the iPhone 6s family. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Cupertino giant has ordered 85-90 million units from its suppliers. …

09 Jul 2015

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Yu Yuphoria to go on open sale next week

Asus ZenPad S 8.0 is now available to buy in the US for $199.99

Vivaldi The Power User’s New Favorite Browser

Apple iOS 9 public beta is now available for everyone

Apple is gearing up for a record iPhone 6s launch

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